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John Sparks is Logitech’s North American federal sales lead. He previously worked at Tandberg, Cisco, Acano, Arctonyx and other technology firms. Throughout his career, Sparks has guided public sector transformation from legacy systems to secure and scalable collaboration solutions during leadership roles. He combines deep expertise in video collaboration, network communications and advanced enterprise technologies […]
Vanessa Sien is Logitech’s principal for civilian federal sales, consulting on personal workplace and video collaboration solutions. Based in northern Virginia, she joined the company in 2018 and previously worked for other hardware manufacturers such as Tandberg and Cisco. Sien has been successful in supporting both federal civilian and defense agencies with technology modernization, hybrid […]
Patrick Craddock is business development director at AeroVironment, a leading developer of advanced military technologies including unmanned vehicles, autonomous systems and electronic warfare platforms. He spent more than 20 years in the intelligence community, culminating as the CIA’s deputy director for Digital Futures in the Directorate of Digital Innovation in 2025. Craddock has vast experience […]
Dr. Brandon Thorne is the senior vice president for energy programs at the Universities Space Research Association, an independent nonprofit research corporation that brings together the work of in-house talent and university-based expertise to advance space science and technology. Thorne brings more than 20 years of experience in nuclear science, energy systems, policy, aeronautical science […]
Jennifer Obernier is the CEO of Grist Mill Exchange, a company built to solve one of the most persistent challenges in government and defense: getting the right commercial data to mission teams when and where they need it. With a career shaped by firsthand experience inside government, Obernier leads Grist Mill Exchange’s effort to close […]
Michael Mistal’s career has centered around supply chain, working for logistics companies like Warehowz and BlueGrace, but he came into the federal consulting space when he joined Deloitte in 2022 as a supply chain and network operations consultant. As of September, Mistal is director of business development for Blue Yonder Defense Solutions, an AI-powered logistics […]
Anthony Sweitzer has been involved in technology sales to the federal government and military for the last 30 years. He has worked with companies like Cisco and Zoom (fortunately in a period that included its early 2020s boom) and with products ranging from IT and cloud to HR management. Sweitzer joined Atlassian in July 2025 […]
For the better part of the last decade, Jamie Burkhardt has led business efforts with budgets nearing a billion dollars for IT, information assurance, cybersecurity, software and more at McLean, Virginia-based contractor Agile Defense. He came into his current role as vice president of defense operations and general manager of Navy, Marine Corps and combatant […]
Aaron Angell notched a lengthy military career in a series of active duty and civilian roles before coming to industry. A U.S. Marine, Angell oversaw squadrons of hundreds of fellow Marines in training and operational deployment for the Iraq War as a company commander and logistics officer, and more recently was director of the Weapons […]
Michael Clauser is the founder and managing director of Ark, where he helps clients navigate the intersection of emerging technology, policy and national security. A former government official who transitioned into industry, Clauser recently joined the Potomac Officers Club. In this conversation, he shares career insights, leadership lessons and his vision for driving innovation across […]
